Ryanair Holdings

RYAAY

Airlines, Airports & Air Services · Industrials

Price

$62.57

-3.79 (-5.71%)

Market Cap

$32.49B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+88.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 282.6M (2022) → 532.2M (2026)

Ryanair Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides scheduled-passenger airline services in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Germany, and other European countries. It is also involved in the provision of various ancillary services, such as non-flight scheduled and Internet-related services; in-flight sale of beverages, food, duty-free, and merchandise; and marketing of car hire and accommodation services, and travel insurance through its website and mobile app. In addition,

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-25.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

13.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 years

$3.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$3.9B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Ryanair Holdings's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

-4.3%

Thin — -4.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

-21.3%

Losing money on operations — -21.3%

ROCE

-5.1%

Weak — -5.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.4%

Steady sales growth (9.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

+183.6%

Earnings growing fast (183.6% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

72%

Modest — 72% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

-0.1%

Burning cash (-0.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.36

Conservative — low debt load (0.36)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

6.9x

Attractive valuation — P/E 6.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-4.9

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.65%

Small dividend — 1.65% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

-64.4%

Dividend cut (-64.4% YoY) — warning sign

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